lane@dalcs.UUCP (02/24/87)
I'm looking for info/tips/products that would help me transfer work
between Macintosh systems and IBM-PC's. I have previously surveyed
LAN possibilities that accomodate both and I'm aware of most of the
various telecommunications software available for both machines.
What I'm trying to get at is the problem of converting various IBM
based word processors (such as Wordstar and Wordperfect) to MacWrite
etc. on the Mac side. Also, for spreadsheets and graphics data, etc.
I relalise there must be some hard limitations due to the hardware
differences, etc. between the two systems but I would expec there to
be some useful products available in this area. Also, I know that
Microsoft Word and a few other programs exist in both the Mac and PC
worlds... are their files compatible once transferred?
BTW, I'm also aware of "MacCharlie" and similar products. I assume there
must be something to read Mac disks on a suitablely equiped PC. But this
still leaves one with problems at the software level.
Thanks for any help.
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